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28 May 2008, 6:35pm
The GeoInformation Group make MAGIC with Development Project Grant
East of England Development Agency supports groundbreaking data collection tool development
The GeoInformation® Group, publishers of Cities Revealed aerial photography (www.citiesrevealed.com), announce that it has been awarded a major development project grant by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA). The grants awarded by the EEDA for Research and Development, are designed to help technology-focussed entrepreneurs based in the East of England carry out research and development work on innovative products and processes.
The GeoInformation Group was awarded a ‘Development Project Grant’, under the Finance for Innovation Scheme. The scheme is designed to help small businesses take risks that could translate into business growth and prove an innovative idea can deliver business growth.
The GeoInformation Group is investing the grant in the MAGIC (Mobile Active Geographic Information Collection) project. This project will produce an integrated software and hardware solution that supports the rapid capture of information while working outdoors. The key innovation of the products is the ability to collect very large amounts of data, across a large area in hours rather in weeks or months, with much of the capture being through a linked voice-operated system. The data collected by the MAGIC system can then be downloaded to create, maintain and update geographic databases.
The MAGIC project development will take up approximately 15 months. Once complete this innovative geospatial data collection system will be made commercially available, licensing and distribution information will be made available nearer to the time. The GeoInformation Group will be providing this new technology to its clients, who will use it in the field to update and maintain Cities Revealed geographic information products such as Land Use and Building Class.
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